http://mrsilence.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mrsilence.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-02-23 12:47 pm (UTC)

You also missed the other, most important point of punishment: to modify the behaviour of the criminal.

The most important reason, in fact. We punish children who misbehave for the same reason; to create an incentive for them to behave correctly in future.
(186 comments)

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
(will be screened if not validated)
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting
 
Notice: This account is set to log the IP addresses of people who comment anonymously.
Links will be displayed as unclickable URLs to help prevent spam.